Vierfontein
Place in Free State, South Africa
27°05′49″S 26°46′34″E / 27.097°S 26.776°E / -27.097; 26.776[1]
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Vierfontein is a settlement in Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. Vierfontein is a coal-mining village, formerly associated to the Vierfontein Power Station, which was active from 1953 to 1990. When the power station was decommissioned, the village was sold to a property developer. The abandoned fuel station was used in the film "Orkney snork nie".[2]
Directly translated to English from Afrikaans, the name literally means "four fountains".
References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Vierfontein". Census 2011.
- ^ "Vierfontein". Mullers Gazette. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
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Municipalities and communities of Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State
District seat: Sasolburg
- Kroonstad
- Steynsrus
- Vierfontein
- Viljoenskroon
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